文明的探索是人类学创建以来经久不息的课题,也是21世纪全球化浪潮中国际政治与文化的交流与碰撞中一个广泛讨论的问题。本文从中华文明与非洲文明的比较中,以经典和宏观的人类学知识,讨论了文明观在中国与非洲的异同,尤其是亲属制与祖先崇拜对于跨区域文明的构建作用,以及中华文明中内在的身体与自我修行的观念与实践的相关意义。 The exploration of civilization is an enduring topic since the founding of anthropology and is also a widely discussed issue in the exchange and collision of international politics and culture in the wave of globalization in the 21st century. From the comparison between Chinese civilization and African civilization, this article discusses the similarities and differences between China and Africa in the perspective of civilization and macro anthropology, especially the construction effect of kinship and ancestor worship on trans-regional civilization, as well as in Chinese civilization The Meaning of the Inner Body and the Concept and Practice of Self-cultivation.